2020 Geylang International FC season
# 2020 Geylang International FC season

The 2020 season is Geylang International's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

## Squad

### Sleague

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Hairul Syirhan | (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 23 | Wayne Chew $^{U23}$ | (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 25 | Zainol Gulam | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 31) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Shahrin Saberin | (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 28) | Home United | 2019 | 2020 |
| 3 | Adam Hakeem $^{U23}$ | (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 4 | Nurullah Hussein | (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30) | Balestier Khalsa | 2020 | 2020 |
| 5 | Darren Teh (Captain) | (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 26) | SAFSA (NFL) | 2017 | 2020 |
| 11 | Harith Kanadi $^{U23}$ | (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 22) | Tampines Rovers U19 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 15 | Kamolidin Tashiev $^{U21}$ | (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 23) | FC Abdysh-Ata Kant (T1) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 21 | Yuki Ichikawa | (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 35) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2014 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Nur Luqman $^{U23}$ | (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 8 | Barry Maguire | (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 33) | Limerick F.C. | 2019 | 2020 |
| 16 | Umar Ramle | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | 2020 |
| 17 | Firdaus Kasman $^{>30}$ | (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 18 | Azri Suhaili $^{U23}$ | (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 22 | Christopher van Huizen | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 30) | Home United | 2019 | 2020 |
| 28 | Safirul Sulaiman | (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 30) | Tampines Rovers | 2020 | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Amy Recha | (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31) | Home United | 2019 | 2020 |
| 9 | Khairul Nizam | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 10 | Fareez Farhan | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 28) | Hougang United | 2019 | 2020 |
| 14 | Iqbal Hussain | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) | Hougang United | 2020 | |
| 20 | Zikos Vasileios Chua $^{U23}$ | (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 21) | NFA U16 | 2018 | 2020 |
| Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season |||||||
| | Nasrul Taib $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) | Tiong Bahru FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 13 | Gilson Varela | (1990-05-12) 12 May 1990 (age 33) | Castelo Branco (T3) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 13 | Joshua Pereira $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 19 | Noor Ariff $^{U23}$ | (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 24 | Panagiotis Linardos | (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 31) | Panachaiki F.C. (T2) | 2020 | 2020 |

### U19

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 59 | Dylan Christopher Goh $^{U19}$ | (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 21) | Singapore Sports School | 2020 | 2020 |
| 64 | Dylan Pereira $^{U19}$ | (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 22) | GFA Victoria FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 58 | Badrul Amin Noh $^{U23}$ | (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 68 | Ilhan Noor $^{U19}$ | (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 20) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 55 | Danish Qayyum $^{U19}$ | (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 49 | Furqan Raoff $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 70 | Danish Haziq $^{U19}$ | (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Chairman | Thomas Gay |
| General Manager | Leonard Koh |
| Head coach | Mohd Noor Ali |
| Assistant coach | Khidhir Khamis |
| Fitness coach | Muzhaffar Shah |
| Goalkeeping coach | Shahril Jantan |
| Team Manager | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Sports Trainer | Daniel Feriza |
| Kitman | Abdul Latiff |

## Transfers

### Pre-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Dylan Christopher Goh | Young Lions FC | |
| DF | Nurullah Hussein | Balestier Khalsa | |
| DF | Kamolidin Tashiev | FC Abdysh-Ata Kant | |
| MF | Joshua Pereira | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Nur Luqman | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Panagiotis Linardos | Panachaiki F.C. (Tier 2) | 1 Year deal signed 2019 |
| FW | Khairul Nizam | Warriors FC | |
| FW | Gilson Varela | Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco (Tier 3) | |
| FW | Iqbal Hussain | Hougang United | |

Note 1: Gilson Varela left the club before season start due to personal reason.

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Anders Aplin | Hougang United | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| DF | Jufri Taha | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| DF | Danish Irfan | Young Lions FC | Free |
| MF | Syahiran Miswan | | |
| MF | Bryan Tan | | |
| MF | Asshukrie Wahid | | |
| FW | Shawal Anuar | Hougang United | 2 years deal signed in 2019 |
| FW | Ifwat Ismail | | NS till 2021 |
| FW | Matthew Palmer | Eastern Suburbs AFC | |
| FW | Fikri Junaidi | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| FW | Gilson Varela | Sporting Clube de São João de Ver | |

**Extension / Retained**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| Coach | Mohd Noor Ali | 3 years extension |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | |
| GK | Hairul Syirhan | |
| DF | Shahrin Saberin | |
| DF | Darren Teh | |
| DF | Yuki Ichikawa | |
| MF | Noor Ariff | |
| MF | Umar Ramle | |
| MF | Firdaus Kasman | |
| MF | Christopher van Huizen | |
| MF | Barry Maguire | |
| FW | Amy Recha | |
| FW | Fareez Farhan | |

**Promoted**

| Position | Player |
| - | - |
| DF | Harith Kanadi |
| MF | Azri Suhaili |
| FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua |

**Trial (In)**

| Position | Player | Trial From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Jayan Varghese | Jungfrau Punggol FC | |

**Trial (Out)**

| Position | Player | Trial With | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Barry Maguire | Penang FA | |

### Mid-season transfer

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Nasrul Taib | Tiong Bahru FC | |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | Tampines Rovers | Undisclosed |
| DF | Adam Hakeem | Free Agent | |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Panagiotis Linardos | Diagoras F.C. | |
| MF | Joshua Pereira | SAFSA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Noor Ariff | SAFSA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Nasrul Taib | | |

## Friendlies

### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 29 September 2018.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Hairul Syirhan | 9(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Shahrin Saberin | 5(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Adam Hakeem | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nurullah Hussein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Darren Teh | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Nur Luqman | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Amy Recha | 5(7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Barry Maguire | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Khairul Nizam | 5(4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Fareez Farhan | 6(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Harith Kanadi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Iqbal Hussain | 4(10) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Kamolidin Tashiev | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Umar Ramle | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Firdaus Kasman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Azri Suhaili | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Yuki Ichikawa | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Christopher van Huizen | 8(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 23 | GK | Wayne Chew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zainol Gulam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Safirul Sulaiman | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 13 | MF | Joshua Pereira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Noor Ariff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Panagiotis Linardos | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 32 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lion City Sailors | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 9 | |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 5 | |

* 1 2 The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

